Reading Time: 5 minutes Inspired by Crochet Blocks As children, we learn the essentials of building through stacking blocks and puzzling things together. Myself, I was addicted to LEGO®. I played with lego until I was about 12 years of age. While we never had the fancy sets of LEGO, the basics of the blocks were all I needed […]
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These are stitches found in crochet. The stitch library also has fancy stitches where stitches are combined with each other to create amazing patterns. Multiples of stitches are given for those repetitive stitch combinations.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Crochet Golden Waves Throw The Crochet Golden Waves Throw is a two-row repeat pattern. Designed by Marianne Forrestal for Red Heart. It’s a pattern where once it clicks into your head, the rest is history and you can easily blaze along. The idea is that the two rows work together to keep the raised trebles […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Crochet Thermal Stitch Dishcloth The Crochet Thermal Stitch Dishcloth is a great quick example of how to do this double thickness crochet stitch. My friend Megan showed me how to do this stitch and I was so inspired by it. The video tutorial demonstrates how to do this stitch as a single crochet which includes […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Crochet Bavarian Square The Crochet Bavarian Stitch is a concept that is worked in a square. With raised edges, it appears to puzzle together like mosaic tiles. Initially, it feels difficult to accomplish but the trick is the starting rnds of 1 – 2 to create the spaces needed to puzzle in the rnds 3 […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Crochet Twisting Fringe The blanket shown in this tutorial is called the Crochet High Tide Blanket. The number of times you need to twist is dependent on the yarn and pattern. The length of the starting loop also varies but because you don’t cut the yarn, you want to ensure the starting loop is consistent. […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Crochet Cables Crochet cables are easier to manage than you might assume. The visual look of the braiding going in and out and around each other is an illusion that is easy to accomplish. This stitch can be accomplished with any size hook and/or yarn choice. You just have to ensure the yarn compliments the […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Master List of Crochet Hook Sizes Sizes indicated in the following order. Metric, USA, UK Fine, Socks & Doilies 2 mm, n/a, 14 2.25 mm, B/1, 13 2.50 mm, n/a, 12 2.75 mm, C, 11 3.00 mm, n/a, 11 3.25 mm, D, 10 3.50 mm, E/4, 9 3.75 mm, F, n/a 4.00 mm, 6, 8 […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Split Single Crochet Stitch Learn how to change the position of doing the single crochet to compact down the stitch to thicken up the fabric. Drive the hook through the legs of the stitch and it will force the stitch to cover over more of the existing single crochet to thicken it up. Tutorial
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Tunisian Entrelac in a Square This is Tunisian Entrelac that is completed in a square. It starts off with one box in the centre and then goes around, very much like a granny square. Of the Entrelac techniques, this one is my most favourite. It is easy and you really cannot go wrong anywhere. You […]
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